I guess I'd like to work there, it'd be fascinating at first. Eventually, the novelty of being in space might wear off, if it turns out to be all drudge work, mere feet away from a fatal vacuum.

I wonder about the allure of space. Few people want to live in the Empty Quarter of the Arabian desert where people don't go because you can't survive. That has atmosphere, gravity, and healthy atmospheric pressure. The Moon being much harsher, I think people would get tired of lifeless rocks and vacuum and go home. I love the idea of being in space, but once you do it, it's different.

Post-Breakaway, though everything's harder, life becomes an adventure. The Alphans are wrestling with surviving so hard that they don't stop and appreciate what an adventure they're on. That Alpha would be for me.

I would absolutely love to live and work on Moonbase Alpha. I would love to fly and Eagle. Ride in a travel tube. Spin that globe in the Commander's office. Although when I rotated back to Earth at the end of my tour, I would have to smuggle a stun gun home with me. The neighbor's cat who taunts my cats through the sliding glass door would get quite a surprise...